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change under of romney-right administration. with more on this, senior fellow for the hoover institute and former chief economic adviser to president george w. bush. welcome back to the show. always grt to have you here. >> glad to be with you. gerri: i want to play a little bit of the sounds of our viewers can get a sense of the town. >> short. >> the jobs, where are the 9 million more jobs the president obama promised his stimulus would have created by. [speaking in native tongue] there in china, mexico, canada, countries that have made the sales more attractive for entrepreneurs and business and investment. even as president obama's policies have made it less attractive for th here. thing. gerri: and we have one more jobs report to come. what do you expect? is it going to help romney or the president? >> i don't think it's going to make much difference at all. if you look at the picture that the economy has been traveling through for the past three years now, basically we're in a situaaion where we have continued slow growth.
change under of romney-right administration. with more on this, senior fellow for the hoover institute and former chief economic adviser to president george w. bush. welcome back to the show. always grt to have you here. >> glad to be with you. gerri: i want to play a little bit of the sounds of our viewers can get a sense of the town. >> short. >> the jobs, where are the 9 million more jobs the president obama promised his stimulus would have created by. [speaking in native...
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obama as the candidate as excited as playing to the fear that -- especially playing to 12 years ago, i'm not so sure. chris: ok. >> i agree with that. if at any point obama had said here's what we're going to do and it's really exciting, over the next four years we started doing this thing and now we have the largest wind farm in the world in oregon, we're going to have another one in nevada. if he had just come with that kind of -- chris: big question. but paul krugman in "the new york times" on friday said he's afraid to do that. because he will be hit again with big spending and more deficits if he proposes anything. >> and playing the republicans' game. chris: ok. let's look at what could be the key to everything. ohio. and you've written about it. every winning republican has carried ohio. and joe, your magazine, "time" magazine has a big spread on it this week. why hoeup will decide the election -- ohio will decide the election and your ohio poll has obama up five points. the gender gap is big in ohio. obama up in 19 points among women. and another fascinating thing obama gets
obama as the candidate as excited as playing to the fear that -- especially playing to 12 years ago, i'm not so sure. chris: ok. >> i agree with that. if at any point obama had said here's what we're going to do and it's really exciting, over the next four years we started doing this thing and now we have the largest wind farm in the world in oregon, we're going to have another one in nevada. if he had just come with that kind of -- chris: big question. but paul krugman in "the new...
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the surge is what made him a contender. >> what is it about that debate that changed the tid >> obama's arrogance is his single biggest problem, and it showed hims sleepy, and diffent, whym i here. even in the last debate, which he won, he was too much of a put down on this, and that with women voters especially is a proboblem. >> i the thing is that it was not just that obama did poorly. it was that romney did well, and became, as mark says modate mitt. that is where republicans traditionally move after the primary. he had been savaged by obama in an alanche of ads and he redeemed himself. >> both at h home and abroad he has proposed reckless policies. he praised it gege bush as a great economic steward and dick cheney as suchch showing wisdom and judgment. >> attacking me is not an agenda. charles krauthammer is off this week, but after t debate, i heard him say on fox x news that romney won the debate unequivocal, not just tactally, but strategically. his column, hgoes on to say that the president's tone petty and small, and that romney looked presidential. >> i said this was an exam
the surge is what made him a contender. >> what is it about that debate that changed the tid >> obama's arrogance is his single biggest problem, and it showed hims sleepy, and diffent, whym i here. even in the last debate, which he won, he was too much of a put down on this, and that with women voters especially is a proboblem. >> i the thing is that it was not just that obama did poorly. it was that romney did well, and became, as mark says modate mitt. that is where...
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barack obama pledges change but touts dodd-frank, a bulky, watered-down version of financial reform that scarcely makes a ripple in the vast sea of corruption and abuse. mitt romney campaigns as the banker's pal and says he'll make dodd- frank disappear altogether. if you're appalled by this, so is the man who held the thankless job of special inspector general in charge of policing tarp, the bailout's troubled asset relief plan. before he signed on, neil barofsky was a federal prosecutor in new york chasing white-collar criminals and drug lords. he busted 50 members of a columbian guerrilla group deeply involved in narcotics trafficking. at tarp, he was assigned to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse. the banks didn't make it easy, and neither did the u.s. government. neil barofsky tells this story in his book, "bailout: an inside account of how washington abandoned main street while rescuing wall street." he is now a senior fellow and adjunct professor at the new york university school of law. neil barofsky, welcome. >> thank you. >> when you were a kid, did you say, "mom, dad, i want to
barack obama pledges change but touts dodd-frank, a bulky, watered-down version of financial reform that scarcely makes a ripple in the vast sea of corruption and abuse. mitt romney campaigns as the banker's pal and says he'll make dodd- frank disappear altogether. if you're appalled by this, so is the man who held the thankless job of special inspector general in charge of policing tarp, the bailout's troubled asset relief plan. before he signed on, neil barofsky was a federal prosecutor in...
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. >> he changed my mind about it. why didn't mitt go after obama on libya? seems to me like a missed opportunity. >> he missed this opportunity in every debate actually. he screwed it up every time. he is probably like, i am going to screw this up again, i should not talk about it. >> do you think that's true? >> this whole thing is complicated. politicians are condescending to the american people. i don't want to get into the muck and confuse them. but he is trying to be the bigger man. he can be like, well, i am not going to accuse you of killing people in libya which i clearly think you did. he was just trying to be a gentleman. >> it is weird though. it is not as complicated as saying you screwed up and you lied about it. i think he was worried about the press after that. and then he wanted a more presidential. i was bummed. you come from another country where you are not allowed debates. you have no freedom of speech. i don't think you have free elections, am i right? >> you are absolutely right. >> i only moved here a few years ago. this is my first pr
. >> he changed my mind about it. why didn't mitt go after obama on libya? seems to me like a missed opportunity. >> he missed this opportunity in every debate actually. he screwed it up every time. he is probably like, i am going to screw this up again, i should not talk about it. >> do you think that's true? >> this whole thing is complicated. politicians are condescending to the american people. i don't want to get into the muck and confuse them. but he is trying to...
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our ambassadors are going to be killed or other representatives are going to be murdered unless we change our policy toward that part of the world that policy be defined by the need for oil and the need to protect what are perceived to be the interests of israel unless we change those policies we will never succeed in being able to protect our our embassies and our other diplomatic establishment about afghanistan brumley we're smart say it's a fool's errand we ought to get out of there we were wrong we ought to bring our troops right back now why can't he say that or why is it not likely they do say that because no politician in the united states can afford the slightest risk of seeming soft on things that are described as the war on terrorism it's that simple well though the republican versus democrat debate held a few surprises and even less diversity not so the third party debate largely ignored by the mainstream media for other u.s. presidential candidates gathered together to lay out their own vastly different plans for america here's just a little of what they had to say. the presid
our ambassadors are going to be killed or other representatives are going to be murdered unless we change our policy toward that part of the world that policy be defined by the need for oil and the need to protect what are perceived to be the interests of israel unless we change those policies we will never succeed in being able to protect our our embassies and our other diplomatic establishment about afghanistan brumley we're smart say it's a fool's errand we ought to get out of there we were...
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what will change when america picks this president i made mostly rage working the run times wrote pushing china to russia as occupy hunger spreads to two parties still dictate move their feet to the selection of clothes go right. to the fifth or. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you. and realize. this is the. us now where this week failed to bring any clarity as to who is likely to be the next president the democrats and republican candidates are effectively neck and neck some diversity was brought into the race by the debates which offered a different slant on the key issues. was one of the very few media outlets taking any notice. the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial we are on the road toward to him and that's not an exaggeration the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt we need to retrench rather than trying to be the policeman of the world we need to put an end to the use of drones and actually l
what will change when america picks this president i made mostly rage working the run times wrote pushing china to russia as occupy hunger spreads to two parties still dictate move their feet to the selection of clothes go right. to the fifth or. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you. and realize. this is the. us now where this week failed to bring any clarity as to who is likely to be the next president the...
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you know that they think it's been a game changing gas by mitt romney, which you do not know about obama's people. there's a lot of things you don't know. i recited the caliber of the liberals on fox news. i mean, until she passed away, former price presidential candidate on the democratic party. they have bob beckel, who i think is the low hard, but he ran mondale's campaign. susan estrich ran to caucuses can pain. you have juan williams. look, i know they're liberals, but there is smart as they come. [laughter] it the best liberalism has to offer. meanwhile in msnbc the people at ever heard a end they were functional representing the conservative argument. i said in the primetime lineup is only one partisan host, sean hannity. so this makes ted koppel's head explode and of course he cites bill o'reilly. i said o'reilly is middle of the road. he believes in global warming, gun control must be a bomb is. koppel said you're saying he's not opinionated? i said no, he's the best journalist in america. and he would agree with me on all of that. [laughter] so then it runs under the horrible cli
you know that they think it's been a game changing gas by mitt romney, which you do not know about obama's people. there's a lot of things you don't know. i recited the caliber of the liberals on fox news. i mean, until she passed away, former price presidential candidate on the democratic party. they have bob beckel, who i think is the low hard, but he ran mondale's campaign. susan estrich ran to caucuses can pain. you have juan williams. look, i know they're liberals, but there is smart as...
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they think it is a game changing gaf by mitt romney but you do not know about obama's speech before the wind. allot you don't know. i was citing the caliber of the liberals. former vice presidential candidate and for the democratic party. bob beckel but he ran the mondale campaign. susan estrich ran dead dukakis campaign, what williams. there are liberals but as smart as they come. [laughter] [applause] it is the best that liberalism has to offer they sean msnbc the functional retards and then as i said only sean hannity. this made ted explode and he cites the bill o'reilly. he is middle-of-the-road party believes in gun-control, he loves obama and ted koppel got testy with me. he is not opinionated? i said yes. the buster list america. [laughter] he would agree with me on all of that. [laughter] so then it runs and they have a horrible clip of zero release screaming at some guests. then ted koppel but an coulter says he is not partisan the nav. that is exactly the opposite. it gets to the point* they will take good clip of you say yes then answer the question are you a child molester?
they think it is a game changing gaf by mitt romney but you do not know about obama's speech before the wind. allot you don't know. i was citing the caliber of the liberals. former vice presidential candidate and for the democratic party. bob beckel but he ran the mondale campaign. susan estrich ran dead dukakis campaign, what williams. there are liberals but as smart as they come. [laughter] [applause] it is the best that liberalism has to offer they sean msnbc the functional retards and then...
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. >> we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of the military changed. >> president obama's sharp rhetort. >> we have aircraft carriers where planes land on them january ships that go under water and nuclear sub marines. >> this attracted most of the attention. the real threat to the military budget is the controversial bill which congress passed and the president signed into law last year to confront the nation's looming $16 trillion debt. the law requires automatic across-the-board cuts on january 2, 2013 that will slash billions from the defense budget. in battleground states like, virginia, where as many as one in four adults work for defense contractors, which build enormous sub marines like the minnesota which is about to be christened these defense cuts could mean as many as 200,000 jobs. it was designed to be so bad we would never get to this point. mike is ceo for huntington ingalls industry. with 37,000 employees in virginia, mississippi, laz and california it is the largest u.s. naval ship builder. >> all of the usual is suspects are saying all of the thin
. >> we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of the military changed. >> president obama's sharp rhetort. >> we have aircraft carriers where planes land on them january ships that go under water and nuclear sub marines. >> this attracted most of the attention. the real threat to the military budget is the controversial bill which congress passed and the president signed into law last year to confront the nation's looming $16 trillion debt. the law...
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the question where you say what's the biggest concern, no new ideas from obama or return to bush, that was 47-47, just like the race. >> that's why romney is beginning to make the argument in the close how i represent the change. i think it is quite interesting. >> it is interesting. mike duffy, thank you for joining us this morning, anna greenberg, we will have you back after the election to see how right or wrong we were. >> we will be much smarter after the election. >> thank you all very much. >>> up next, 2012 campaigns undercard some ballot races we're keeping an eye on. [music] see life in the best light. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. >>> finally we go down ballot. if you're voting you have more than one decision to make. across the country there are 33 senate races and 12 governorships at stake. we asked our favorite cnners about their races. >> i'm going to be watching in my home state of indiana. not only is this race
the question where you say what's the biggest concern, no new ideas from obama or return to bush, that was 47-47, just like the race. >> that's why romney is beginning to make the argument in the close how i represent the change. i think it is quite interesting. >> it is interesting. mike duffy, thank you for joining us this morning, anna greenberg, we will have you back after the election to see how right or wrong we were. >> we will be much smarter after the election....
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the president was expressing his disappointment that he hasn't been able to change the tone. george w. bush ran he was going to change the tone. everyone is always going to change the tone. the question is mitt romney promising by partisanship of it like lucy promising charlie brown she won't pull football? [laughter] >> yes, i think it is. i think that he has to nod to that there is no evidence he would govern in of bipartisan way to read george w. bush that is not elected president in my opinion but did not get a majority of the votes -- [applause] he ran that we as a compassionate conservative and you would have expected him to govern as a moderate and realize he presided over a very deeply divided country and instead he was one of the most radical presidents we've ever had, so i expect the same thing from mitt romney who is actually talked who is espousing more radical right policies than george w. bush ever did. like nixon and ronald reagan in certain ways looks like a moderate in terms of education mitt romney is very willing to slash all of that. >> romney brings up hi
the president was expressing his disappointment that he hasn't been able to change the tone. george w. bush ran he was going to change the tone. everyone is always going to change the tone. the question is mitt romney promising by partisanship of it like lucy promising charlie brown she won't pull football? [laughter] >> yes, i think it is. i think that he has to nod to that there is no evidence he would govern in of bipartisan way to read george w. bush that is not elected president in...
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then mentally he changed -- he is in different tone and emphasis at the least. the question that the press seems to be asking is, is it working? >> i think it's twofold -- >> it probably is -- >> is that the only question that journalists should be asking? >> no. i think matt's saying, it may be working, but again, from my perspective, you get to a certain point where you change your story so much as a politician that you have to -- and frankly, i would go so far as to say, you know, romney putting out ads talking about obama's apology tour or-- or today on the auto bailout where he's fundamentally changing his story 180 degrees. and you have to ask, is there a character question involved? even with obama, look, i wasn't happy four years -- i forget what it was, a main issue that he had flip-flopped on. it was a main issue i was ticked about. i think like there's so much going with romney that it's fair to ask, is there some being this guy's character that is wrong. >> i've intuitively believed that mitt romney is a moderate. he feels like a mort, and i think he
then mentally he changed -- he is in different tone and emphasis at the least. the question that the press seems to be asking is, is it working? >> i think it's twofold -- >> it probably is -- >> is that the only question that journalists should be asking? >> no. i think matt's saying, it may be working, but again, from my perspective, you get to a certain point where you change your story so much as a politician that you have to -- and frankly, i would go so far as to...
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. ♪ >> chris: from a final debate on foreign policy, to round-the-clock campaigning, romney and obama are locked in a furious race to the finish. here's what it was like on the trail... ♪ >> the nature has changed, we have these things, called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. >> mr. president, america has not dictated to other nations, we have freed other nations, from dictators. >> we witnessed a president who really has no record to run on. >> half the timedidn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. [cheers and applause]. >> how are you doing? great... >> president barack obama: last night and throughout the campaign i laid out a plan for jobs, and middle class security. >> this idea of growing the economy is raising taxes. does anyone think raising taxes creates more jobs? >> i have the deal for the president... >> what is he saying with trump and -- what is this thing with trump and you, it is like me and letterman, what does he have against you? >> president barack obama: it dates back to when we were growing up toge
. ♪ >> chris: from a final debate on foreign policy, to round-the-clock campaigning, romney and obama are locked in a furious race to the finish. here's what it was like on the trail... ♪ >> the nature has changed, we have these things, called aircraft carriers where planes land on them. >> mr. president, america has not dictated to other nations, we have freed other nations, from dictators. >> we witnessed a president who really has no record to run on. >>...
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as the context has changed nationally, it cold present on obama from a 7, 8, 9 point lead. the range was then 7-10. now the range is 5-7. as it narrowed nationally, pennsylvania remains on the cusp of whether or not it will be competitive. host: here is the map in the last two elections. pennsylvania is referred to as pennsylvania and pittsburgh with a "t" in the middle. erie, the greater pittsburgh area and the eastern part of the state most notably around philadelphia. loretta from pennsylvania, republican line with terry madonna. caller: hello? host: you're on the air. caller:ok. my comment is i think obama should be impeached for allowing the ambassador, after requesting help three times and being denied. they were told to stand down. you cannot say the president did not know about it. they are dancing around this issue. i think this should be made in national issue. i'm very disappointed in him and hillary clinton, her being a mother and a woman. i think it's just disgusting. host: you had a chance to rest the president the question on this issue, what would you ask? w
as the context has changed nationally, it cold present on obama from a 7, 8, 9 point lead. the range was then 7-10. now the range is 5-7. as it narrowed nationally, pennsylvania remains on the cusp of whether or not it will be competitive. host: here is the map in the last two elections. pennsylvania is referred to as pennsylvania and pittsburgh with a "t" in the middle. erie, the greater pittsburgh area and the eastern part of the state most notably around philadelphia. loretta from...
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had in 2008, but with numbers like that, at a minimum what you've got is message received from the obama campaign about showing up to vote early. >> and a number of folks i talked to called me on some of those characterizations and those narratives that we've all been talking about over the past few months. and i'll tell you one other thing that a number of folks said, one of the things that drove them to the polls early, a just just told me this, a lot of the talk about vote are restrictions, a lot of the talk about the voter i.d. stuff, folks said they wanted to get out early to demonstrate to the media and to demonstrate to others that we are serious and that you are not going to restrict our vote. so it also doesn't hurt that here in florida, there hasn't been a cloud in the sky for two days and it's 75 degrees probably. >> i'm slightly jealous, but thank you so much for joining us from florida. craig will be anchoring more crunch live from florida from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. eastern later today on msnbc. so if we have craig melvin down there and early voting in florida as one strategy, b
had in 2008, but with numbers like that, at a minimum what you've got is message received from the obama campaign about showing up to vote early. >> and a number of folks i talked to called me on some of those characterizations and those narratives that we've all been talking about over the past few months. and i'll tell you one other thing that a number of folks said, one of the things that drove them to the polls early, a just just told me this, a lot of the talk about vote are...
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as the context has changed nationally, it cold present on obama from a 7, 8, 9 point lead. the range was then 7-10. now the range is 5-7. as it narrowed nationally, pennsylvania remains on the cusp of whether or not it will be competitive. host: here is the map in the last two elections. pennsylvania is referred to as pennsylvania and pittsburgh with a "t" in the middle. erie, the greater pittsburgh area and the eastern part of the state most notably around philadelphia. loretta from pennsylvania, republican line with terry madonna. caller: hello? host: you're on the air. caller:ok. my comment is i think obama should be impeached for allowing the ambassador, after requesting help three times and being denied. they were told to stand down. you cannot say the president did not know about it. they are dancing around this issue. i think this should be made in national issue. i'm very disappointed in him and hillary clinton, her being a mother and a woman. i think it's just disgusting. host: you had a chance to rest the president the question on this issue, what would you ask? w
as the context has changed nationally, it cold present on obama from a 7, 8, 9 point lead. the range was then 7-10. now the range is 5-7. as it narrowed nationally, pennsylvania remains on the cusp of whether or not it will be competitive. host: here is the map in the last two elections. pennsylvania is referred to as pennsylvania and pittsburgh with a "t" in the middle. erie, the greater pittsburgh area and the eastern part of the state most notably around philadelphia. loretta from...
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obama is using, talking about diners, bayonets and big birds, they're rubbing people the wrong way. in part because they want to focus on jobs in the economy, which is this big, darker issue that the country is facing right now. it's worrying people a lot. and so, the idea that he can talk about things like the binders comment, which is really just a play off a comment that mitt romney made during the presidential debate, where he talks about his desire to hire a lot of women. and it's not helping him. i think that's reflected in the poll numbers because you're seeing right now romney is tied, or seems to have a kind of momentum moving into the time week. that's just what pollsters are saying. i think democrats feel that this will help particularly with women voters, because they make up the majority, and if they can kind of put forward this argument that mitt romney wants to take away somethings that are very important to them, then they can get the edge amongst that party leck rate. which
obama is using, talking about diners, bayonets and big birds, they're rubbing people the wrong way. in part because they want to focus on jobs in the economy, which is this big, darker issue that the country is facing right now. it's worrying people a lot. and so, the idea that he can talk about things like the binders comment, which is really just a play off a comment that mitt romney made during the presidential debate, where he talks about his desire to hire a lot of women. and it's not...
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>> i don't think it drastically changes. both have spoken about a strong leadership role in the world. there is more recognition with president obama this is a pretty complex world and at times, you have to speak softly, but carry a big stick. but i think our overall engagement, will be the same. you will see differences i think that mitt romney believes that american power has to be ready and abroad, but not as much to try and resolve a problem, like between the palestinians and israelis. as he said one time, that's something we kicked down the road and see what happens. keeping our eye on it the important issue here is china we've already seen, however, that the president has already moved 60% of our naval forces into the western pracific. this is a bold move. some would call president obama a war-mongering president. he recognizes this is the strength of the president overall, and we always give him the nod. china is emerge owning the scene and had naval conflicts with the philippines and vietnam and even korea and japan.
>> i don't think it drastically changes. both have spoken about a strong leadership role in the world. there is more recognition with president obama this is a pretty complex world and at times, you have to speak softly, but carry a big stick. but i think our overall engagement, will be the same. you will see differences i think that mitt romney believes that american power has to be ready and abroad, but not as much to try and resolve a problem, like between the palestinians and...
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barack obama returned to the campaign trail himself changed. >> a difficult road ahead for the president... >> i think you see today a president obama with a thicker skin, more jaundiced eyes, has grown more skeptical, even cynical perhaps, about washington. >> no president has been reelected with this type of economy since franklin roosevelt. >> i think he has become more cautious, more cagey, and i would have to say, maybe with some deserved... more ill-tempered. >> narrator: now, as he makes the case for reelection, the man who promised to transcend differences emphasizes them. >> the last thing we can afford is a return to the policies that got us here in the first place. >> then he becomes tougher in his public rhetoric. he would rather go out on the campaign trail, even, and hold out the republicans for being obstructionists than try to sit down with them. >> if i said the sky was blue, they said, "no." if i said there were fish in the sea, they said, "no." they figured, "if obama fails, then we win." >> it's hard to believe that this is the same person who was talking about bringi
barack obama returned to the campaign trail himself changed. >> a difficult road ahead for the president... >> i think you see today a president obama with a thicker skin, more jaundiced eyes, has grown more skeptical, even cynical perhaps, about washington. >> no president has been reelected with this type of economy since franklin roosevelt. >> i think he has become more cautious, more cagey, and i would have to say, maybe with some deserved... more ill-tempered....